Netball: Cover Defence: Ball and Hole Game

Regardless of the skills of your defenders, without team cohesion, you'll be sure to ship goals. Create a cohesive defensive unit with this defending session.

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Develop your players' defending capabilities by breaking down an interception into different elements.

Develop your player's understanding of the importance of defensive pressure, while allowing them to practice their 1st and 2nd stage defence.

The first team starts with the ball inside the attacking third, with all the other players except one stood outside the area.

The aim for the team in the area with the ball is to complete as many sets of 5 passes as possible. Every time they complete 5 passes another defender from outside the area is allowed in to try and intercept the ball.

Once all of the defending players have entered the playing area, or after an interception has been made, the teams change over and try to beat the first teams score.

Two feeders stand in middle of the court, either side of the center circle.

The attacking player passes the ball out to the feeder and then runs out, looking for the return pass. The defender must react and look to push the attacker wide and/or intercept the ball.

Feeder 1 has the ball. Worker runs out towards a cone, changes direction and sprints to receive a pass from the feeder.

The player at one end starts by passing to the 1st attacking player.

That attacking player then has to try and pass the ball to the 2nd attacking player.

This continues until the final attacking player has passed the ball to the 2nd static player at the other end of the court.

After which the player in the middle reverse rolls and the practice repeats in the opposite direction.